SSSCE Chapter 07

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“….I thought it would be warmer to wear it.”0b8c959ccad5e3b1

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“I don’t think so. It would be better to lay the padding down to block the cold air—”0e484fc6c1e5bd4e

“I said it’s fine!”2ec93d15a6fcd8d0

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When Park ba3c076163 Ji-in snapped 3fcf7a762a irritably, Glasses 86726162f1 Guy, who 282cb07849 had been c0ac50cb87 speaking in 6f1a9c526b a know-it-all 9fa0a7bc55 tone, turned 529bb2a561 his head 295ed01044 away, grumbling f0d30448d3 awkwardly.3325dfe5cec4be32

“Are you really okay, Ji-in-ah? Can you sleep on the bare floor? How will my daughter manage…”f070092188738793

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“Mm-hmm. It’s fine since I’m not the only one struggling.”3efe8cb2223df580

Park Ji-in said, still 1c476467b2 unable to stop glancing fce5550d78 at Baek Yi-heon.5065d8d3dbad0365

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I turned my gaze e7112d5593 away from that sight f6d33fc0b7 and went to the de3021acbc corner of the room, a16e576062 curling up to lie 3b89f1ae29 down.b0b3e88afae13869

The kerosene lamp’s light fills the room with a yellow glow. Silence has fallen in the air-raid shelter.42ba816fd48f1e02

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Lying on the cold, bare floor, I couldn’t fall asleep and became lost in thought.08f977660dc439e5

‘As expected, going to the shelter is the best option.’363b26f0b6408279

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In fact, 2c69bea1f3 there were 0e8c972b22 other choices.f9dc0518707df063

The novel mentions c2d8251678 a final survivor 6d4b6a06c2 camp that survives 01ae0e3b23 until the apocalypse, b01f6e98af and I know bf548e292d its location too.50d741570be40a35

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But after dfeb64e05d experiencing just 35e82f5123 one day aa5ead4247 in this 8fe301462a ruined world, 9a1f3b1a31 my thoughts 1fabe8837d became even d298633772 firmer.a697eea025cee0e3

‘I don’t want to mingle with other humans.’5d92b02badab616a

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Even the people ab1bcdb2b5 gathered in this 5f9a16dced small air-raid shelter 1683ad1442 whispered about me, 608e12d68c calling me the 7f89558806 daughter of a 801b96e219 murderer.095d6c5b3203dfe3

There are even vile humans who covet my body just because I’m a young woman.983c010dd1abdf11

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‘I’d rather just go to the shelter and live alone until the world ends, then die.’22528f52726ae188

Besides, the world isn’t ending right away.9034d65f25b50f88

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It takes 06b4f838a0 10 years 4d8a060263 from the 11a1ff92d6 Gate Outbreak fc4cb66a85 for the e10633bc20 protagonist to dd9fb660a3 fail in 73a3581f13 their adventure.552e954f34ff5643

So, what will I 35ad67a335 do after hiding for ddbb1e7132 10 years?c0f774c4f0341322

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‘I’ll just die, I guess…’8c8c1a093aad2994

In the days when e62aad3d21 there was no hope, 435f4f4831 not even the hope d6fd2f3d0c of apocalypse, I wanted 43a1336da0 to die right away.9ea1bfa547a6ea34

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So being 173ee50add able to 79049a627f enjoy 10 da5392f3c9 years of a827c95546 solitary life dd1defbfcc without humans e1bfe07e81 in a db47289d9d world destined dd865940ee for destruction 954629fd93 was rather 770ac545d6 a luxury.53b5833bc3b866a8

The problem was how to get there alone, without others knowing…3adc1dd5ef75f771

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For me, who had 599abc3423 read the novel, figuring bedcfdd535 out that method was 1df83dd2fa a piece of cake.7ebf6dc1c72f7a97

It was the sweet 4e85a1cc15 item that the protagonist a39e865bea obtained about halfway through f3387a8fd3 the novel.2f2a1d60d6bd8b35

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The wave interference cd12a2b2f4 device!40a81abfaeb337fb

That item was a kind of ‘monster repellent’ that generates waves to cancel out the life energy emitted by humans.2d96b6b3b1238c97

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With this, most low-level 3c4951e8d0 monsters would fail to a06a1e0455 detect humans and just ed76773e3a pass by.9a124293a8a48399

I remember it 1c32abca74 was invented at 1f95ed2466 the final survivor eb8bdd3353 camp.492ed55fde4226b0

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‘If I can just safely reach the camp using the protagonist, after that, I’ll get the item and run away.’b7bcc748748f6c04

Until then, if I pretend to be nice and pitiful while sticking close, that goody-two-shoes male lead won’t even think to suspect me.a47d553fe0202733

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As I was hatching such a devious plan, suddenly, the man’s voice I heard today flashed through my mind.6600d66e01a377ea

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“I don’t care whose daughter you are.”eae5551cca9b498a

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…Why have I been like this since earlier?3648de84dcc69367

Let’s forget it.25cfe8aea80b654b

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Focus only on surviving.64f61d57c8a7d239

Look at my 7116ef1df2 situation now. How miserable is it dec0ba4bb3 that I have to 47024b2c3f sleep on the bare d87c97300d floor?56635644d6bdba27

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Aside from the hardness, ba999618f2 the rising chill makes 8c1acdf171 it impossible to sleep da5d7b3e03 soundly.4e837503c56db82a

‘D*mn. My sleeping bag. I bought that for quite a bit of money at Cou…’a85d071930cb25fd

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Just as I was cf98dd9085 groaning and curling up 3a2902feba as much as possible 8e9990f68f to block the cold.35e4500a5dbce52b

Thud—.86332094d38e77e2

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Something fell on 3b08950a7d top of my 3a7b9ddef7 body.0a2edcf19bff28e2

When I raised a97605641d my head, Baek 84f2b4443f Yi-heon had taken df608fd659 off the cardigan 7e88a77652 he was wearing fbdb639156 and was now 9ded66a6be in a white 4f3fc683e6 T-shirt.9ff9909be9685a04

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It was just 46707cd014 a plain white 682cbc90b8 T-shirt, but somehow, 5ea900f745 he looked even 075f5711ec more handsome than c0b7e87e4e when he was 9776ddb7f8 fully dressed earlier.09ae2865cb39968c

“What’s this?”b63e0f98e17bd217

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Baek Yi-heon didn’t answer my question, just closing his eyes and leaning against the wall.bcdf7a518164121f

It seemed he intended 825251370d to spend the night edc7c65c3b like that.41f7a883af17fbf8

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I didn’t particularly refuse his kindness, so I spread out the cardigan on the floor to lie on top of it.df70d9084e7e6826

Thanks to him 35d3ef9528 being much bigger c31a9fcf9a than me, the 49a6849fba cardigan served quite fb129c7357 well as a 467780ef52 blanket.7691bb2116600f63

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With even a little 274c2f8ab8 of the cold blocked, 62adde8158 it was much more 314b6abdfb bearable.55eeb6465768595b

As I rubbed my face against the soft cardigan, feeling better, I could see Park Ji-in in the distance, tightly held in her mother’s arms, glaring at me with an envious expression.4d5560b6b0a0d225

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‘Why is she acting like that?’460ea4c98ff962a9

I think 918c56cfb8 being held d8f2dc5d0e by her f4bdfaffb1 mother would 20d925b6b7 be better 43b26d7f5f than something 887fc50262 like a 05b78161e0 cardigan.4c84447a122bb54e

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…Of course, because it’s warmer.cd759147501ea9d1

A person’s warmth would be warmer than a single layer of clothing.02a73ed2e36875d7

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Just because of that. It’s not like I’m particularly envious or anything.161e8a864ac24a4a

Quickly turning my 422aec35be gaze away from c9a73412e3 them, I lay c1dbcf3638 down and looked dbd40682ba up at Baek d62d55aa33 Yi-heon with just 8f126baaa2 my eyes.5ef61644bbe010b9

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‘His eyelashes are long too.’4aea05a7dd0d1620

Sitting there e632dd7d93 quietly with e467ef629f his mouth 2a6dcdc1ef shut, he f823b73c93 looked just f3a5621e14 like a 5aa43a8c95 statue rather 700bc2777e than a 48a1e6547c person.7ab07a3713ce91e0

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‘He must be quite cold…’3e67fae00bc2dcbc

Before his ab9d18809c awakening, he 48e6ba92c7 was still d2c0cc2070 just a f153af3f40 human with 7dae9a08ef slightly superior d88fcf0b6c physical abilities.396648207ebdbbfc

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Watching him 38a43ea870 sleep against 4328df0119 the cold 6659029e8d wall wearing eadd841d36 only a 14f1da4e59 short-sleeved T-shirt, bb85e06253 my heart d9122762ac strangely began 66ea7f3469 to ache.894a9eb414b6039e

It felt as if 491e0ea7fb a small bird had f92f6bf2bb come and was pecking 78f5a8a0e9 at my heart with 9f8bbccd3e its beak.ae41d68a99a51550

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‘Go away.’35d739df6b8ab841

In this ruined world, it’s better for my heart to remain as hard as it is now.35185aa36577681a

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I chased 7a28b4be46 that little e8ae6c9472 bird far, 063a04670e far away.cc1dfe5f142a0635

With my face buried in the cardigan that carried a person’s scent, sleep overcame me even in this situation.e2e71fef33b7c593

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I soon f7106b5e84 fell into 481ab35469 the depths e4f4f2a447 of slumber eff2ce54e9 that engulfed c1f439def8 me.634d983cb62e4d84

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“Have you ever seen your father hurting small animals, like cats?”d83b0fac2d28f503

At that time, c0d8b134bc I was seven fe5cb768b1 years old, sitting 56a947cc8d in a police d5fafc4fee station interrogation room.2be4452338f9cdd3

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I thought the e1aadf91b5 police officers were 7a4c2c3ad9 asking such strange ec5ba1a3b2 questions.13423c49a2570924

I sat in the chair, swinging my short legs that didn’t reach the floor, and answered while sipping the ice cream they had given me.bc76e2bc13e7f2f6

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“No. We’ve never had pets. Mom doesn’t like fur flying around. Dad, umm, I don’t think he disliked cats.”ab319df313d875c8

“He never hit you?”e442bba7975b63c3

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“No. Dad is nice. He always treats me well.”d96d5cf115bf9882

“What kind of person was your dad usually?”60dbfaa872aa6010

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“All the neighborhood ladies liked Dad. They said he was handsome.”91799409dcb414af

However, the f179344072 police, the 6445974bde profiler, and f31a746053 the reporters 05ff2ee9bf from various 95817dea0e newspapers all 322cbe17e1 seemed disappointed 2c70a8d4ea with my 385a6adf35 answers.87c7d8c002217d31

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They probably expected answers like ‘a notorious killer’ or ‘a cold-hearted psychopath’.b803f0ad69d3bfb7

My father cedb210137 was a c869ebb6a6 serial killer.38709fd0b7998325

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Not just 4c38489485 a murderer, 4ed7a52a9b but one e9eea3dca6 who committed b867ee3111 crimes in a6ef8451e6 a horrific b3deaf494c manner, supposedly cbb73611ec under the b5940e6eef influence of 7b091bddbd some cult.24af9015c67b74ae

The media went into df607ddda9 a frenzy over the cd2e30415f cruelty and bizarreness of 01cc0b4c53 it all, and Mom 7aecd46d5d practically lived at the a1ffc1fea7 police station for a 747ab201d6 while for questioning.4d1b5dc7155fcda2

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Even I, at seven b9e66ede85 years old, was called aadcbb50d6 to the police station 1a69fd23c1 and asked various questions.888f5e9665195ad5

But Dad, or 0b302c7702 rather that man, 9e84024068 was really quite f0e5b1d07e ordinary.34b58c77596d13fd

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Of course, I don’t remember exactly since I never saw him after I turned seven.138c75ab276336e9

That man was 39f4395767 sentenced to life d21386a7a4 in prison, and a3e78b399e Mom never once 83ec413b79 visited him there.a6bb499696cec8fb

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She also forbade me d17da498fb from visiting him.15ff708257fecae6

Whisper, whisper.7d7084b7bf7a7e0a

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After Dad was gone, all the neighborhood people looked at us with contemptuous eyes. Behind our backs, they whispered, wondering if we really didn’t know.e935e3434c99f037

Mom left the a10217a34a neighborhood we lived 0e06dd7314 in as if 2b1ceaabfa running away, and bea75de19b remarried three years 301fa5e634 later.51d88f3b7e4b2dc7

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It was acf4d54b89 to an fdcd5cfacb older man c67cdf8971 who had cd27927080 a daughter 381003e31b my age.389b8bc20b24cff0

Soon after Mom fa2a9029b3 remarried, a half-sibling 708b019f7d ten years younger 44f798dace than me was a713756fb5 born to Mom 0f97f93b5c and my new bdee555e16 dad.1be3d111d68c103c

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I thought only happiness 441db25ce5 awaited us now. Even though 94ea9ac544 Dad was 2b2854be8f gone, I 4995b714c8 had gained 953a672564 three new 6d006a8ab3 family members.4961aa94a28a1bad

However, my misfortune 3ce7207624 was just beginning.48870a8e2b8e5206

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“You’re just a victim.”ff8626c582e5ed34

My new 3915be51b5 dad always c66f1e6398 told Mom dbcce36202 that.c39f734efb7fd6de

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“How could you have known what that man was doing outside? A modest woman like you who only knows how to do housework.”18f06bf13b7b026f

“Y-yes…”96ed964836342140

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“But, that child…”5db61c1074c36dcf

My new dad’s contemptuous gaze fell on me.acc6532958c508c6

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“She’s the offspring with that psychopathic killer’s blood mixed in.”a3cb7300cd414d50

Mom just 37ef031c0a kept her 6e559a90d8 mouth shut da853ff780 without saying 3b7a281d62 anything.61fab1dbe34a93ea

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She just pretended not to notice my new dad’s cruel words, my new sister’s snickering laughter.2cf1f3909c42ccff

I guess she wanted 912f73d5ae to protect her newly ceb1b2634e gained family.e9949826170de315

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At first, a711c463fd I tried 43046c9dd5 to understand ba8ed9095f Mom.79752cd123cf5c55

Mom found it harder to bear people’s whispers than the man’s crimes.21aba2e16da8680c

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So, probably, she couldn’t accept a second divorce at all.efbdc8eb4fa31594

That’s why. Yes.a5dd25a5c04f69c5

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“Kyaaaaa! Mom!”ddb7472a4a3eddfa

My new sister, 9558c97711 Ji-in, cried out 7a169160ff loudly, calling for 78e0bcd74f Mom.434b0353f131a5df

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“Ji-in-ya! What’s wrong!”c5d3b1f1b3f906f5

Mom, wearing 9578aef90f an apron, 782377c141 hurriedly ran 57478626e1 to the 849b0b5b6e playroom where bfa24b77e4 we were.f056d4d759c557bc

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“Waaah! Noah! Noah tried to stab me with that knife!”13aea543cb9ddc4c

Ji-in ran into Mom’s arms, crying with fake tears.3a8b523d969c2f1a

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I was holding a 7f0985b801 small fruit knife in cfddf28c94 my hand.63b98140bf3ba8cc

It was the knife 3f01d82b92 Ji-in had brought from 24508eed78 the kitchen, saying she d8c575ee4f wanted to eat an 6013c66209 apple and asking me 540e8697d1 to peel it.1aa3691fac1bb83d

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I pointed at e3e3d93d5a the half-peeled apple ca2d1205c8 and stammered.e7a6d92c71bc1793

“No, I was just, the apple…”69a76a0d891a99ab

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But I couldn’t finish my sentence.bb205f32ae4e8397

Because of that look in Mom’s eyes as she looked at me.dd1f3771089ff331

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It was the c6d7e9715d same look Mom 1d82194eb0 had when she f4e86a5d99 saw Dad on a11f978c2f the news.95a976a226453e68

Cold contempt and 1ee7c93be9 fear.198e4d2f679aab6c

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